Metro - File #: 2025-0630

• File #: 2025-0630
• Type: Policy
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/29/2025
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 9/17/2025
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending June 2025.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Airport Metro Connector (AMC) Station Project, Barriers (Roads), City of Los Angeles, Construction, Construction industry, Contractors, Disparity Study, Gender, Labor, Labor agreements, Los Angeles Unified School District, Metro Equity Platform, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail K Line, Motion / Motion Response, Outreach, Partnerships, Policy, Prime Contractor, Project, Project Labor Agreement/Construction Careers Policy, Public works, Strategic planning, Students, Surveys, Training programs

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 17, 2025

Subject
SUBJECT: PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT/CONSTRUCTION CAREERS POLICY (PLA/CCP)

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending June 2025.

Issue
ISSUE

In January 2012, the Board approved the Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council (LAOCBCTC) and the Construction Careers Policy (CCP), with subsequent renewal in January 2017. The PLA and CCP encourage construction employment and training opportunities for members of economically disadvantaged areas throughout the United States on Metro's construction projects. An added value of the PLA is that work stoppages are prohibited.
Metro's PLA and CCP provides equitable opportunities for historically underrepresented populations, including women, with high-wage career opportunities in the construction industry.

This report also provides updates on initiatives that stem from the Construction Workforce Disparity Study (study) and Board Motion 13.1 by Directors Horvath, Hahn, Dutra, Solis, and Yaroslavsky, which was approved by the Board on March 25, 2025 (Attachment A).

Background
BACKGROUND

Consistent with the Board approved PLA and CCP (PLA/CCP), prime contractors must provide Metro with monthly reports detailing progress towards meeting targeted worker hiring goals. Additionally, consistent with Metro's Labor Compliance Policy, prime contractors provide Metro with worker utilization data by ethnicity and gender. Metro's program-wide goal for female participation in PLA/CCP construction projects is 6.90%.

In April 2024, Metro commissioned a study to evaluate the availability and participation of female workers necessary for upcoming infrastructure projects. The study aimed to address gaps in workforce diversity, with a particular...